10.1055/b-0040-175466 17 Additional and Adjacent Level Fractures after Vertebral AugmentationScott Kreiner Summary Vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) are common as are the occurrence of additional vertebral fractures that happen after the…
10.1055/b-0040-175482 33 Cementoplasty Outside the SpinePeter L. Munk, Joshua A. Hirsch, Tyler M. Coupal, and Paul I. Mallinson Summary Metastatic disease to the skeletal system is a common occurrence that…
10.1055/b-0040-175481 32 Advanced Principles of Minimally Invasive Vertebral Body Stabilization in Severe Benign and Malignant Fractures: Stent-Screw Assisted Internal FixationAlessandro Cianfoni and Luigi La Barbera Summary The anterior and middle…
10.1055/b-0040-175483 34 Treatment of Osteoporosis after Vertebral AugmentationAmanda Schnell, Sarah Morgan, John W. Amburgy, James Mooney, D. Mitchell Self, and M. R. Chambers Summary Osteoporosis, a systemic disorder of altered…
10.1055/b-0040-175480 31 Biomechanical Changes after Vertebral Compression FracturesOlivier Clerk-Lamalice Summary Spine biomechanics are important to know as the function of the spine plays a direct role in understanding how to…
10.1055/b-0040-175479 30 Vertebral Augmentation in Instrumented Spinal FusionsJohn W. Amburgy, Patrick R. Pritchard, Steven M. Theiss, James Mooney, D. Mitchell Self, and M. R. Chambers Summary Vertebral augmentation is a…
10.1055/b-0040-175478 29 Treatment of Neoplastic Vertebral Compression FracturesKyung-Hoon Kim Summary The spine is the most frequently involved bony structure in cancer metastasis, the order of frequency being the thoracic (70%),…
10.1055/b-0040-175477 28 Treatment of Chronic Vertebral Compression FracturesAlexios Kelekis and Dimitrios K. Filippiadis Summary Vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) can be persistently painful even past the acute or subacute phase. Chronic…
10.1055/b-0040-175473 24 Pain after Vertebral AugmentationScott Kreiner Summary Vertebral augmentation is a very effective procedure for relieving pain from a vertebral compression fracture (VCF). If pain persists after vertebral augmentation,…
10.1055/b-0040-175476 27 Sham vs. Vertebral AugmentationLaxmaiah Manchikanti and Joshua A. Hirsch Summary This chapter discusses the role of medical management, placebo, sham, or active control in vertebral augmentation trials and…
